[154269] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FYI Netflix is down
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Underwood)
Sat Jun 30 12:26:59 2012
In-Reply-To: <4FEF19DC.9020901@rollernet.us>
From: Todd Underwood <toddunder@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:25:54 -0400
To: Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 30, 2012 11:23 AM, "Seth Mattinen" <sethm@rollernet.us> wrote:
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> But haven't they all been cascading failures?
No. They have not. That's not what that term means.
'Cascading failure' has a fairly specific meaning that doesn't imply
resilience in the face of decomposition into smaller parts. Cascading
failures can occur even when a system is decomposed into small parts, each
of which is apparently well run.
T
